Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Alternative spelling: Aporrhais (Platyoptera)
Parent taxon: Strombidae according to R. L. Squires 2001
See also Conrad 1856, Garvie 2013, Harris and Palmer 1947, Palmer and Brann 1966, Sepkoski 2002 and Squires and Demetrion 1992
Sister taxa: Canarium, Doxander, Jaumaporta, Jogjacartanus, Laevella, Lobatus, Pereiraea, Prestrombus, Rimella, Strombinae, Stromboconus, Terebellum, Terestrombus, Tibia, Tridentarius, Ueckeritzella, Volutostrombus
Subtaxa: Aporrhais (Platyoptera) extenta Platyoptera extenta Platyoptera pacifica
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (3 collections), United States (11: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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